Plastic Packaging Recycling Codes
and Typical Plastic Properties

	Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)	High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)	Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)	Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)	Polypropylene (PP)	Polystyrene (PS)	Other Plastics
Properties
Clarity	Clear	Translucent	Clear	Translucent	Translucent	Clear	Plastic ID Code "7" is for other plastics
Moisture Barrier	Fair to Good	Good to Excellent	Fair	Good	Good to Excellent	Poor to Fair
Oxygen Barrier	Good	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor	Fair
Max Temp	120F	145F	140F	120F	165F	150F
Rigidity	Moderate to High	Moderate	Moderate to High	Low	Moderate to High	Moderate to High
Resistance to Impact	Good to Excellent	Good to Excellent	Fair to Good	Excellent	Poor to Good	Poor to Good
Resistance to Heat	Poor to Fair	Good	Poor to Fair	Fair	Good	Fair
Resistance to Cold	Good	Excellent	Fair	Excellent	Poor to Fair	Poor
Resistance to Sunlight	Good	Fair	Poor to Good	Fair	Fair	Poor to Fair